Day: September 17, 2013

Dan Hopper at CollegeHumor posted an amusing look at some of the clowns you may run into should you take a class in improv comedy. It’s titled “The 10 People You Meet In Every Improv Class.” Certainly these aren’t the only 10 people. Just the worst 10 people. Or are they? How many of them do you identify with, or have you spotted or recognized in a comedy class? What other TYPES OF PEOPLE have you met, studied with and had the great fortune and misfortune of performing with whilst learning the art of improvised comedy? Hopper’s CollegeHumor list...

Taylor Williamson modified his Twitter bio @TaylorComedy this summer to read: “I’m going to lose on America’s Got Talent.” A few months later, summer ends this week, and Williamson finds himself in the final six on NBC’s “AGT” – performing live tonight from Radio City Music Hall and learning Wednesday night whether he in fact does lose, or instead, more tantalizingly, wins the $1 million grand prize. The Comic’s Comic caught up with Williamson over the weekend as he was practicing his finale stand-up performance, and spoke with him in the Olive Tree Café above The Comedy Cellar. How...

You’ve heard Dave Coulier‘s voice for three decades now in various TV series, and remember him fondly from our TGIF nights with Full House, but this Thursday, he’s beaming himself and a handful of his stand-up comedy friends into a movie theater near you with his latest project: Clean Guys of Comedy. The showcase airs live Thursday night in cinemas across America via Fathom Events, with stand-up from Coulier, Jamie Kennedy, Ralph Harris, Heather McDonald and Andy Hendrickson. A rebroadcast will hit the big screens the following Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. “I never set out to be a clean comedian,” Coulier...